The Monk's Retreat — Susannah Curtis

PURSUED BY CRUEL DESIRES

Already Abbey had taunted Fate by refusing to marry and aging earl. Now, exiled to the remote Castle Grange to live down her shame under the protection of her sister's husband, Greville Bond, she found herself drawn to the brink of scandal by the wildly handsome Charles McClure - her host's bitterest enemy.

Yet even as Abbey's heart raced with the fervor of soaring rapture, her happiness fanned the flames of Greville's hatred. He burned to have his lustful way with her, disgracing her lover and destroying her honor - leaving her to the mercy of a ghostly apparition who held her fate in his hands!